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8 pieces filed under Culture
Culture
North Korea vs. the PlayStation Generation. The gaming industry's favorite military recruitment simulator has decided to take its talents to the Korean Peninsula. And somewhere in Pyongyang, somebody is probably having an aneurysm.
Culture
The PMRC wanted to put a warning label on the record. The algorithm doesn't need a warning label — it studies the warning, measures the outrage, and recommends twelve more.
Culture
Anybody else remember when Michael Stipe professed irony to be the shackles of youth? Goddamn, I miss irony. I miss when being young came with confusion, bad decisions, loud guitars, and an irrational hatred of whatever your parents enjoyed.
Culture
From Mississippi water to 9/11 air quality to the Crazy Eddie trap — five stories that deserved more than a news cycle.
Culture
Political headlines expire in 48 hours. Cultural analysis lasts for years. Here is why the story underneath the story is the only one worth following.
Culture
For years, celebrities have been told to stick to music. The Macklemore-Sheeran explosion just proved that ship has sailed — and the stage, the stadium, and the silence are all political now.
Culture
Before the condos and the cocktail bars, the Bowery was a place where art didn’t ask permission. A street-level dispatch from the last neighborhood that still remembers.
